Simon Kane is a British writer, actor, and associate artist with the Shunt cooperative working in radio, television and theatre. He is the son of actor and writer John Kane and opera singer Alison Warner. His sister, Susy Kane, is also an actor and writer.
Kane studied English literature at Clare College, Cambridge, graduating in 1997.
Selected works
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes1985DaemonAs Simon Kene2001The Inbetweeners Dance teacher2012The Bleak Old Shop of StuffPostmanEpisode 12011–2013Peeder Jigson's Video DiaryAidan TurnerEpisodes: "What Aidan Turner's Up to in the Break", "Naming the Dwarves", " Wrap Party"2014Mirrorboy FunkbeardShort (also credited as writer, composer and editor)2016The Nightmare on Deskteeth StreetHaroldTV Short2017Suicide HotlineMr. JamesonTV Short2019The SeeingPerryEpisode: "Introduction"2019The Atticus McLaren MysteriesScout McLaren2020TryingTorturerSeries 1, Episode: "Someone Else's Kids"2020Death Meets LisoletteBillyTV Short2020GhostsKeith Darren DeanSeries 2, Episode: "Perfect Day"2021What's My Name?ParamedicTV Short2021Pretend FriendsMarkTV Short2022EastEndersRussellSeries 1, Episode 65582022Christmas CaroleVicarTV Movie2023Good OmensTheatre AnnouncerSeries 2, Episode 42024EmmerdaleDriverSeries 1, Episode 9905
Theatre
YearProductionRoleCompanyNotes2000The Tennis ShowLinesmanShunt2000OpheliaHamletSPID2002The Al-Hamlet SummitPoloniusZaoum2003Invitation to a BeheadingLawyer, M. PierreDiscreet TheatreReview in Total Theatre Magazine2005The Prometheus ExperimentThe WaiterDiscreet TheatreHoxton Hall2006A Christmas CarolScroogeBigfoot2007Pride and Prejudice the pantoBad GuyThe Mighty Fin2008Contains ViolenceNarrator / MurdererLyric Theatre (Hammersmith)2008Oil Heart MotherSimonPresent Tense 7Southwark Playhouse2008Hamlet (abridged)Barnardo / Ghost / King / Polonius / ZeusRival Theatre CompanyEtcetera Theatre2010The Diary of a NobodyPooterThe Mighty Fin2011The ExtremistsDanRehearsed Reading. Royal Court Theatre2012Alice in WonderlandCaterpillar, Duchess, HatterExquisite FollyReview in The Guardian2013Life by MisadventureBrendan / Brenda Twice Shy TheatreLatitude Festival2014Diary of a Provincial LadyRobertThe Mighty Fin2015Ritual of Thwarted DesireWycliffLittle Pieces of GoldSouthwark Playhouse2015Of Mice and MadnessGriffinLondon Horror FestivalEtcetera Theatre2016The Buskers OperaMayor LockittBuskers Opera LtdPark Theatre. Reviews2016MatterBirdDevil's PicnicEtcetera Theatre2016Twelfth NightMalvolioOff Your Chump Theatre2017The Monster HuntersSir Maxwell House, Count Orloff, Klaus Newgate ProductionsThe Courtyard Theatre2017The Hound of the BaskervillesWatsonThe English Theatre Frankfurt2018The Hound of the BaskervillesWatsonJermyn Street Theatre. Review2019The Maid's TragedyLysippus / CalianaxRoyal Shakespeare CompanyWorkshop2021The Hound of the BaskervillesWatsonOctagon Theatre, Bolton2022Bleak ExpectationsGently BenevolentWatermill Theatre2022Love GoddessOrson Welles, Harry CohnCockpit Theatre, Marylebone
Radio / voice 2004: The Xtra Factor (voice-overs) 2010: Six Impossible Things 2012: Occupied 2011–2021: John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme 2015: John Finnemore's Double Acts: "The Goliath Window" 2015: North by Northamptonshire: Full Stop 2017–2018: Time Spanner – Pilot and "The Dan in the High Castle" 2017: The Now Show: "Now The Twelfth Night Show" (as Simon Dylan-Kane) 2018: Angstrom 2018: Agendum 2019: The Monster Hunters (podcast) 2019: Peter Pan (Audible) 2020: Down 2023: Below 2024: Torchwood - Art Decadence 2024: Doctor Who: - The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield 2024: Doctor Who - The War Doctor
Writer 2005–2009: That Mitchell and Webb Sound 2009–2010: That Mitchell and Webb Look 2009: Laurence and Gus: Hearts and Minds 2011: Jonah Non Grata 2013: Before They Were Famous 2017–2018: Time Spanner – Pilot and "The Dan in the High Castle"
Awards
YearWorkAwardCategoryResultRef.2017Sir Maxwell House in The Monster HuntersAudioVerse AwardsBest Actor in a role for a Self-contained Comedic Production
External links Simon Kane's blog
References